I went to Khalid’s concert yesterday, and honestly, I was disappointed by the lack of support from our community. It feels like we’re often so quick to criticize, nitpick, judge, and tear each other down instead of showing up, showing love, and rallying behind one another.
This is a Black queer man who came to Atlanta during Pride Month to share his art, his talent, and his story. Yet the support in the room didn’t reflect that.
As a community, we talk a lot about visibility, representation, and creating spaces for ourselves. But those things require more than words… they require action. They require us to show up for each other. We can’t keep asking for support while withholding it from our own.
We have to do better.
my gma has dementia now so of course I am taking the opportunity to tell her all kinds of shit.
Her: what are these pills for?”
Me: I’m giving you a plan B. You were in the streets cutting up again, gal.